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19 Cards in this Set
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What is the parity of esteem in the context of education |
Schools that may teach different subjects and have a different ethos but have equal status |
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What are the 4 issues most educational policies are in response to |
Equal opportunities, selection and choice, control of education, marketisation |
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What is the history of education from 1870-1918 |
1870 - establishment of non-denominational schools for ages 5-13 1880 - compulsory attendance until age 10 1881 - primary education became free 1918 - school leaving age was 14 |
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What happened in the Fisher Act |
Raised leaving age to 14 Abolished all fees in state elementary schools |
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Aimed to provide equal opportunities for all young people School leaving age was raised o 15 The tripartite system was introduced |
Aimed to provide equal opportunities for all young people School leaving age was raised o 15 The tripartite system was intorduced |
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How did children low which school in the tripartite would be best for them |
They took an 11+ exam |
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What are the 3 schools in the tripartite system |
Grammar schools Secondary technical schools Secondary modern schools |
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What influenced the creation of comprehensive schools |
The tripartite system didn’t succeed in creating equal opportunities |
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What was wrong with the admissions into comprehensive schools |
They were based on catchment areas which would usually be inhabited by 1 social class (social mixing was limited) |
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Why was the divided between grammar and secondary modern schools now being seen in comprehensives |
Classes were organised through ability so high streams were dominated by the middle class and low streams were dominated by the working-class |
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What is known as new vocationalism and what did it aim to tackle |
‘On the job’ training and part-time study (apprenticeships) Youth unemployment |
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What were the man reasons for new vocationalism being bad |
It provided cheap labour, it falsely reduced unemployment statistics, it aimed to reduce crime rates without addressing the root cause if it |
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What were the 6 key elements of the 1988 Educational Reform Act |
Marketisation, testing, league tables, the National Curriculum, diversifying school choice, private education |
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What did New Labours continued policies from Conservatives develop |
Specialist schools, increased choice, work-related learning and vocational education |
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What were the main ways New Labour privatised education |
New school buildings erected funded by the Private Finance Initiative, academies (which allowed for greater business involvement), gave some companies contracts to run aspects of the education system |
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Which social democratic influence provide for deprived areas (in terms of education) |
Academies (they provided high-quality education in places that wouldn’t usually get it) |
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Which social democratic influence ensured that young children had a better chance at life and how |
Sure start, made nursery education free and gave disadvantaged communities support services |
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How was nursery education improved with social democratic influene |
The government support for it was increased |
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What did social democrats want to do in reference to vocational education |
Break the divide between vocational and academic education so that vocational studies could be a route to university |
